Wheel-flange lubricator.



- W. J. TOY.

WHEEL FLAN APPLICATlON FILED MAR.23,1916.

GE LUBRICATOR.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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ToaLZZ,Kw71;,0Z92if1zjtmay"concern:I a. i Bedtkno n that' L' NILLIAM J. Tor, of "Ogden, inthe' county ,ofWeber and State of i: Utah, have'finvented acertain new and use ful Improveinentin Wheel-Flan,ge Lubricafully set forth. 1 i t,

i In theaccompanying drawings: Figure 1 i is a diagrammatic side view,in elevation, of

the forward portion of a locomotive engine, illustrating an application of my invention;

of'Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal centralised tin,onfan enlarged scale, through a regulating valve casing, and, Fig. 4, a transverse section through a modified form ofloilreser- V0112 i i i invention is herein exemplified as ap- PIiedffont f lubrication ofthe flanges of the front pair of driving heels of a loco- Ymotive, which in the instanceshow'n is of a ,typeIhaving a four Wheeled leading truck, c a plurality or pairs of driving Wheels, A, :f side name members, B, B,.of the, usual I *bafiform, and. a boiler, C, the forward 1 ring, C, of which constitutes the ordinary smoke box, and is provided, at its top, with. a 'stack,.C

l an oil reservoir, 1, which is preferably *g formejd' of a section of Wrought iron pipe,

,andlislongitudinally bent to the curvature :jgof the smokeboX, C, against one side of which-L it fits throughout its length, and to a which it is'detachably connected by clamps,

1, and bolts l The top of the reservoir,

closed-by a removable screw cap, I", having a small air admission'perforation, and it is connected, at its lower end, by an elbow, 2 and T,2", to a horizontaldelivery pipe, 2, vvhichextends across the locomotive, above be frame niembers, B. B. The pipe, 2, is

y HEEL-FLANG wsnxcn'ron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

A nc'atio filed March 23,1916. Serial No. sense.

ore, of which improvement the following is My invention relates'to appliances to r ].u-

Yengines, ,inbrd'er to reduce the wear there-1- The improvement claimed is hereinafter Fig.2, a transverse secti0n,ton the line a: w

In the practice of myinventionfl provide] I throughwhich it is supp'liedwith .oil, is

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connected, at each of its ends, by an elbow,

2, to the casing 3 of a re ulatin valve 3 -3 ,7 m z) v v 7 which is otthe needle type and controls CQInlllllHlCtltlOll-b6tW08Il the pipe, 2; and a discharge pipe, at, having an outlet section, etfileading from its lower end to a point ad- Jacent to the flange'of-one of the front driving heels. The discharge pipes are supported by clamps, 4", connected. to the side frame. members, in such downwardly and rearwardly inclined positions as will enable the free flow of oil to the flanges to be effected by gravity alone. The flow of oil from the reservir to the outlet sections, 4: maybe regulated as desired, by adjustment of the regulating valves, the stems, 3", of which are shouldered to form abutments for springs, 3, which tend to force the Valves,

to their seats, and the valves are raised therefrom to the extent desired, by cams or handles, 3 on the stem, and held in adjusted position by lock nuts, 3, engaging threads, on bushings, 3 ,screwed into the valve casings.

I In order to increase the extent of the surface of the oil reservoir which is exposed to-the heat of the boiler, it may, if desired,

be made of flattened transverse section, as shownin Fig". l, instead of cylindrical section. it will, further, be obvious that the oil reservoir may, if preferred, be attached to, and fit against, a ringot' the boiler shell proper, instead of being located, as shown in the drawings, on the smoke box ring thereof,

My invention atta ns the practical advantages of slight initial cost cit-application and practically none of maintenance; fa-

cility of supply and regulating of discharge .of oil; and maintenance of the fluidity of the oil under the lowest atmospheric temcurved to fit against the shell of a locomo peratures by the heat imparted to the reserfive boiler;,means'for supporting said -reser \Qll' on the lJOllUlIllvllflly meqns-lor c011- yeying oil from. the reservoir to opposite sides of the'lnronmliw: a'ml means for efi' I rs njfeetingthe grzn iflv discharge 0f oil from the delivery means Upon wheel flanges 0f the locomo'tlye. I I l v Y 35111- awvhee'l flange luhrica'tmg :lppllaneev for "locomotive engines. theenmhinnt-idn 0f 'anf uil .leservoir which I is longitu,dimlll v .lin'edlg) fit against the. shell 0f 2r locomo-f 1 fi\"e lmiler g nekms for supporting said reservoir mi1t he' boiler; meanxfor elfectingethe gravity'(lischargebf oil from the reservoir I loeenio tive; eml' rileu nsf0r Independently l -egulathig each sldexhscha'rge.

v .4. ,An oilqlesery oirfor locomotive engine ,l1eel flange lubricating appliances, which I is longitildinally'ciu-ved tb fit against the shell ofsa loeomntive boiler and is prodded,

with a tep supply epening cles ed by a' re-' movable cap, and adapted, atits lower end,

foremmeetipn' to an oil delivery pipe,

5. The combinatiqn, with a ldcomoti've engine, of alongitudinally.curved oilfleser- \"oir; fitted against the shell of theboi-ler; means for -detaehably'ebnnectifig the resere' \IOllfO the boi-ler; aedeliiery pipeext'ending transversely below the boiler and communicating with'the lower end pf the oil, reservoir; dischurgepipes connected to the ends of thedelirery' pi-pe and leading to points wheel flanges means fo rsupporting the-discharge pipes 'o' n the adjacent to opposite frame n e nbers of the locomotive; and

.means for. regulating theflow of oil tl1;1"ou'gl1 tlie disehargep pesf. I l I Y i ,WILLIAM J. :TO Y. VVfitnesseez, I a 7 DonoT irDzApg- ALFRED GLADWELL. 

